- VICTIM SUPPORT
- THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME
- Victims right to understand and to be understood
- Right to receive information from the very first contact with the competent authority
- Victims’ rights when making a complaint
- Victims’ right to receive information about their case
- The right to translation
- The right to access victim support services
- Support from victim support services
- Right to safeguards in terms of restorative justice services
- Victims’ rights who reside in another EU member state
- Right to avoid contact between victim and offender
- Victim protection during the criminal investigation
- Protection of private life
- Individual assessment of victims- Special protection
- Right to protection of victims with special needs during criminal proceedings
- Rights of the witness of crime
- CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
- WHO IS WHO IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- I WAS A VICTIM OF CRIME: COMMON REACTIONS
Victims’ rights who reside in another EU member state
(according to Article 64 of Law 4478/2017)
The place of residence of the victim outside of Greece does not affect the victim’s rights. In general, if the victim resides in a Member State of the European Union other than the one where the crime was committed, this does not invalidate the victim’s right to lodge a complaint to prosecute the offence and to participate in the criminal proceedings.
Specifically, article 64 of Law 4478/2017 provides the following:
1. When the victim resides in a Member State of the European Union other than that in which the offence was committed: a) he or she shall be called to testify immediately after the offence has been reported; and b) the provisions of Article 233(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the use of communication technology, such as videoconferencing, telephone or the Internet, shall apply accordingly.
2. When the victim resides in Greece and the offence committed against him or her was committed in another Member State of the European Union, he or she may submit his or her complaint to the Public Prosecutor of their place of residence, who, if the Greek criminal courts have no jurisdiction, forwards it without undue delay to the competent judicial authority of the corresponding Member State, through the Public Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal.
3. There is no obligation to transmit the complaint to the Member State of the place where the offence was committed if Greek criminal law applies and criminal proceedings have been initiated. In this case, for information purposes and in order to strengthen mutual legal assistance, the Public Prosecutor of the court in which the case is pending shall, without undue delay and through the Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal, inform the competent judicial authority of the Member State in which the offence was committed.